The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-28


November. | liked him very much,
and realized that he had charm
for me. ] thought would not be
so silly and not make perfect fool
Of myself. A short while after l
saw him in his Office and showed
him some etchings. lie said he
would take some, and that he was
sorry he had broken his appoint
ments. He asked to call again.
/ told him / had moved to Mrs.
Dudoit's. He said he should only
come to see me. He asked me why
left Mrs. Hoyts. l explained
that it would be very difficult for
him to call on me at Mrs. Dudoit's,
as he could not sit on the verandah
and the parlor was more like hall.
l told him to come some Sunday
morning. l saw him again at his
office, when he was very busy.
During the conversation he said:
~ am afraid that you are little
bit heartless. You have gone and
arranged it so that cannot see you,
and you will never come and see
me-" He spoke about some his
tories, and said they would do for
the children. He asked me to come
with the samples two evenings later
and take cup of tea with him. l
went and took tea with him. The
subject Of the conversation was very
pleasant and he treated me kindly.
| sold him the histories. His lnflu-
ence here had helped in my busl-
ness. lie made himself very enter
tanning. | walked home that even
ing alone. When my sister return
ed from Maui she came to Dudoit's.
After selling the histories, in conse-
quence of what Ena Dudoit said |
called on him ana made kind in
ouiry about his health, as he had
been sick. 1t was on Saturday
morning, and he was very pleasant.
He said all his lady friends had
been to see him and brought him
flowers, but he did not expect me to
bring him flowers. He spoke about
Shakespeare's works, and the next
Wednesday evening l called on him
with sample. This time l saw the
exact state of his feelings. He said
how he had missed me. l inadver-
tently said l was going away, and
he said he was going to keep me
with him. He walked home with
me. / drank tea once or twice with
him. When he took. me home he
asked me how l liked Honolulu,
and how | would like to live here.
He told me of his admiration for
me that he had been looking for
several months at me and could
find no flaw in me. He was very
complimentary; said l was smart
and he could not let me 60 out of
his life. He was lonely when he
did not see me; though he was an
old man his heart was young. He
wanted to keep me here always, he
said. His life was lonely one and
he had lived for others. "There
was nothing" he said, ''like true,
loving heart" That was revela-
ton to me, and l had not made my
mind up. really liked Mr.. Glib
son. ! used to think he was homely
when / was away from him, but l
thought him nice when with him.
He said everything in such nice
manner. He wanted to come and
see me, but my sister was sick in
bed and I would not allow him. We
had room downstairs at Dudoit's.
A day or two after Christmas l was
going to see Mrs. Angus, and as l
passed Gibson's house | thought l
would run in and see him. l did
not want him to think | was selfish
and heartless. He seemed to know
my footsteps. He was walking on
the veranda, and he then asked me
to marry him. 1t was about 10
o'clock in the morning. l stayed
with him until l O'Clock. He said
everything he could say. l accepted
him. My age is 20. On December
26th l saw Mr.. Gibson. He was
walking up and down his parlor.
He first said, "My heart told me
you would come to-day if you were
not sick" He took me by the hand
and led me into his private parlor.
He said something very affectionate.
l had bunch of flowers at my
breast. When he saw me he threw
his arms around me and some of the
flowers got broken, and he picked
one up, kissed it and put it in his
button hole. He led me to the sofa
and he took his usual chair. I
stayed until / o'clock and took
lunch with him. His family were
not there. He told me how much
he admired me and asked me to
marry him. There were great
many arguments said. | had not
made up my mind to marry him.
He said lie had been thinking seri-
ously of late. When first he met
me he said he admired me intensely.
In all his younger days he never
met anyone who pleased him SO
much. Said he wanted to enjoy my
sweet companionship and my pretty
condolences. He did not like the
thought of my going out of his life.
Said he never had had more sun
shine in his life than now, and if l
would give him my sweet life l
should never regret it. He had an